Snooping the Dog
August 19, 2013A bit overcast this way-too-early Monday here on California’s north coast, with a near-full-moon brightening the skies — and it was another really, really short weekend. Just two days to recover from five days is…
Tag Archives: Media
Journalism Go!
August 14, 2013After working in several newspaper newsrooms in my long-ago-formal journalism career, and although there’s been some ugly motions the last few years crying a dooms-day end to old fashioned media, modern life might be aiding…
Nightmare Shame
August 11, 2013(Illustration found here). When I started this blog in late April 2007, the total-main topic of the every-day US news cycle was the nightmare of Iraq — the war was an unmitigated disaster. On April…
Obama — Not!
August 10, 2013In late July 2008, presidential-candidate Barack Obama during a tour of the western world displayed the ability to perform/transform a crowd — he easily tossed a three-point basketball shot before a speech in a gym…
‘On the other side’
August 7, 2013Here we are mid-week again, with fog and gloom this early Wednesday, but at least we’re on the gravitational pull to the weekend. Hard-hitting environmental report came out yesterday, but if anyone has been keeping…
Where’s the motivation? — Crash!
August 5, 2013In the world of way-big-time journalism, some snags are expected — and some not expected at all. The crash last Friday of my blog is apparently bigger than was first noted. It seems there’s a…
Weekend Memory Jolt
August 4, 2013Another Sunday morning and the news-crawl continues — foggy, chilly and gloomy here on California’s north coast. Watching ‘Good Morning America,’ not paying much attention to the detail-drone, just hearing somewhat-structured noise — a low-level clamor to…
Spy the Lie
August 1, 2013Overcast and quiet again this early Thursday here on California’s north coast, the sounds of silence screeching all across the lonely, lost world. But we are not alone. Yesterday, two important stories ‘leaked’ via the…
Funky, Funky
July 28, 2013As I get older, the writing process appears to be short-winded, and based on mood — creative juices just don’t percolate onto the page, or as in this modern era, onto the laptop screen as…
Word
July 26, 2013Mostly clear this early Friday with a bit of the moon splashing a bit of shine on this part of California’s north coast — an illuminated path to the weekend. Time seems to be traveling…